Stencils

So, Tuesday I decided to get creative with my drawers.  I had a "stencil" I bought at Michael's from the scrapbooking section.  

I placed it on top of the drawer and used a dry brush technique with some Behr paint I had brought from the "oops" section at Home Depot. 

I added a little bit of water to the paint so that it wouldn't be as thick.  There was one problem- the stencil wasn't wide enough, and when I placed it on the remaining half of the drawer, it kind of messed it all up. 

I wasn't happy with this look.  I decided to try and put some of my Martha Stewart glaze over it to soften it a little bit.  When I went to rub the glaze off, all of the taupe colored paint rubbed off as well.  Fail.  

I ditched this plan.  I attempted this again with a smaller stencil, and a blueberry color paint.  

The stencil bled a little bit, but oh well.  After I stenciled opposite corners on each drawer, I whitewashed it with "ice blue" to try and soften it a little bit. 

Lauren helped me with the stenciling.  I distressed the edges a little bit more.  

This is one of my favorite parts.  It is where you can really go crazy and blow off some steam!  I am still undecided on how I like the blue stenciling.  I love trying different things because I can always start over again.  

I can't wait until this heat wave passes.  I have so many projects I want to do, but they need to be done outside.  I'm considering taking the drawers back to white.  What do you think?

-E